Can supporting and tilting device



(No Model.)

H. O. MAHON.

GAN SUPPORTING AND TILTING DEVICE.

Patented Oct. 6, 1896 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUBERT CLYDE MAHON, OF JUNCTION CITY, OREGON.

CAN SUPPORTING AND TILTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,781, dated October6, 1896.

Application filed December 17,1895. Serial No. 572,411. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HUBERT' CLYDE MAHoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Junction City, in the county of Lane and State of Oregon,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Can Supporting andTilting Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cansupporting and tilting devices, having for its objects, among others, toprovide a simple and cheap means for holding and supporting the can foroil or other liquid and allowing of its being readily tilted for thepurpose of pouring the contents therefrom.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in Which Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimprovement. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the same.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in both the views. I

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates acan of any desired capacity, having a filling opening or nozzle a,covered by suitable cap or closure, and this can is inclosed within aprotecting-case formed of the corner-pieces B and the top and bottomstrips B, which embrace the can near the top and bottom and are securedto the corner-pieces in any suitable manner.

0 is a band of iron extended beneath the bottom of the can and upwardupon opposite sides thereof, one end being extended above the top of thecan and bent upon itself to form a spring-latch c, the band itself alsobeing of spring material, while the other end of said band extendsslightly above the top of the can and is bent slightly outward, as seenat c in Fig. 1. The can is mounted for pivotal movement on the trunnionsor pintles D, secured to opposite corner-pieces, as shown, and mountedin bearings in the uprights E, having suitable bases E and adapted to besecured in any suitable manner in the desired position. One of thesesupports E is provided with an extension E having the lat eral portions6, in which is mounted a wormshaft F, extended above the upper extensionor flange and provided with a crank-handle F". This worm meshes with aworm-gear G on the shaft or pintle D at that side of the can.

H is a funnel pivotally hung upon wires or supports I, attached to oneof the bands B, as shown in Fig. 1, and arranged with its mouthunder'the aperture a in the top of the can, so that the funnel may betilted as the changing position of the can requires.

The operation will be apparent. Rotation of the shaft F causes the canto be tilted on its pintles by reason of the engagement of theworm-shaft with the worm-gear.

What I claim as new is- 1. The combination with the support and the canand its protecting-case, and a funnel pivotally hung from said can atone corner thereof of pintles supported at opposite corners of said can,a worm-gear on one of said pintles and a worm-shaft on the support,meshing with the gear and having a handle by which it is turned,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination with the support and the can and its protecting-case,of pintles supported at opposite corners of said can, a wormgear on oneof said pintles and a worm-shaft on the support, meshing with the gearand having a handle by which it is turned, and a funnel pivotallysupported on the protectingcase, the wires'in which said funnel ispivotally supported being mounted upon a band surrounding the case nearits upper end substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. The combination with a can, and a support therefor of a case thereforconsisting of corner-pieces and bars pivotally mounted in said supportand embracing the can, and a spring-strip passing under the can and uponspecification in the presence of two subscribopposite sides thereof, theends of said strip ing witnesses. being extended beyond the top of thecan, one we r 1 p 7 T formed with a spring-latch adapted to be au-HUBERT GL1 DE MAHOL' 5 tomatieally engaged over the top of the canWitnesses:

and the other with an outwardly-bent portion. W. G. WASHBURNE,

In testimony whereof I have signed this E. M. LEE.

